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Jul 29, 2016 · Schulman points to “Risky Business” as a direct influence – “Emma Roberts is Tom Cruise, even though you think Dave Franco would be Tom Cruise” – and Joost thinks his life-long love of ...
- AT ONE POINT THE MOVIE WAS TITLED WHITE BOYS OFF THE LAKE. Because the movie took place, and was partly filmed, in Chicago’s affluent Highland Park suburb, located along Lake Michigan, writer-director Paul Brickman (who grew up in Highland Park) told Salon that, "The working title was White Boys Off the Lake.
- IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE CONFORMIST. Brickman also told Salon that Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist was a huge influence on the film: “I thought, ‘Why can’t you present that as a film for youth and aspire to that kind of style and still have humor in it?’
- THE DIRECTOR WAS NOT INITIALLY SOLD ON TOM CRUISE. Cruise was filming The Outsiders in Tulsa, Oklahoma when he got the call to audition for Risky Business.
- CRUISE LOST WEIGHT IN ORDER TO LOOK MORE BABY-FACED. According to an interview with Cruise in a September 5, 1983 issue of People, Cruise “shed 14 pounds in five weeks by jogging in the Florida sun and strict dieting.
Oct 2, 2024 · Risky Business is a classic 1983 American film that became a pivotal moment in the career of Tom Cruise, solidifying his status as a leading man in Hollywood. Directed by Paul Brickman, the movie follows the story of Joel Goodsen, a high school senior who embarks on a wild adventure after his parents leave him home alone for a weekend.
Aug 4, 2023 · Initially, Risky Business would end with Joel not going to Princeton, not getting the girl and breaking his mom’s crystal egg. Neither Geffen nor the movie’s test audiences liked the ending, but Brickman persisted, saying that he’d shoot an alternate ending if they’d allow him to test out both.
Directors/producers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost met in high school. They have been filmmaking partners since 2006 and found the New York City production company Supermarché. They have made award-winning commercials and documentaries for some of the world's most influential companies and institutions.
Sep 17, 2010 · Two New York filmmakers, Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, who usually make dance documentaries, get interested in something happening to Schulman's younger brother, Yaniv -- or Nev. Nev's a...
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Sep 19, 2010 · From the moment “Catfish” first screened at Sundance in January, Joost and Schulman have been faced with questions about the veracity of the events in the film.
